The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-30
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BAs G BALL.
New England League

OAAE IOOA1s
The Yarmouths and Presumpscots will
play the first Of series of games for the
championship Of Cumberland County at the
Portland Base Ball Grounds this afternoon,
and an exciting contest Is expected as they
are old time rivals. Play begins at 8 O'Clock.
sALEMs, s; PoRTLANDs, 6.
1t was funny game OF ball yesterday, and
although exciting at times, the fact that the
umpire could not control the players, and
allowed them to make as much talk as they
pleased, took away much Of the good of It,
The Portlands could not bat Turner sue
cessfully, and to this fact as much as any
thing their defeat should be attributed. The
umpiring was awful and Turner got the ben
eft Of 1t as he fooled Rafferty, as much on his
drops and curves as he did the Portlands. In
this he was smart and should be given cred.
IL, Dut IL was discouraging to step up to the
plate and have two or three strikes called on
balls that struck the ground an inch or two
back Of the plate and which were not over
the tops Of the Portland's shoes. But such
thing was done repeatedly. Rafferty, acted
and his ampiring was the worst yet seen
here. He had no power over the men and
both clubs joined in a babel Of talk that
made the game very disagreeable. IL was an
especially bad game for young Cullinan who
was down to pitch for Portland. He was
nervous at the start off and gave three men
their bases on balls. These together with
three hits netted five runs for Salem in the
first inning. After that he did better work,
and in the next three innings only one run
was scored. In their half Of the fifth the
Portlands tied the score, and in the same in
ming Hatfield went in to pitch. Cullinan
was doing well and it would seem as IL they
ought to have let him staid In longer and
found out what he was made of. 1t is too
early yet to judge him but although he was
hit safe in every inning, after the first he did
very good work, and under the eircumstan-
ces made very fair showing. DOnOvan's
make him tr0 it, and now yes all come
in" mingled with the jabber Of the lesser
pitcher in his first game.
The POrtlands made no errors outside of
the battery, although their work was not so
sharp as 1t ought to have been. CullInan
was batted for eight hits in his four innings,
and gave four men their bases on balls. Hat
field was hit safe four times and sent two
men to first on balls. The batting of the
P0rtlands as intimated above, was lighter
than their average, and with the exception
OF the first inning they were unable to put
their hits in where they would do much good.
The hrst two runs were earned and the next
was made on hit, steal, wild throw and
put out. In the fifth three hits, two ases
on balls, swild pitch, passed ball and two
put outs increased their score to six where IL
remained. In the ninth it looked one time
as If the score would be tied again, but fate
and Turner were against them and both
were too much for the boys. Andrus hit
safe after Cullinan had Struck out, and
Dickerson went out on fly to Campana.
Murphy fumbled Hatfeld's grounder and
first and second were filed. Andrus stole
third and a moment later Davis forced Hat
field out at second.
The lead the visitors got in the first gave
them courage and they worked hard for the
game. Ray hit safe in the fourth, stole sec
ond, took third on put out, and was
brought home with hit by Burke. In the
sixth Hatfield gave Ray his base on balls
and Donovan sent him to second with a short
fly TO left field. Both were advanced base
on Hamilton's put out and Burke's hit
brought them in. Murphy was the only man
who made any errors for them outside Of ;he
battery, and although there were no special
ly brilliant plays made they played good
game. The score: